Combined coring and paring knife.



H. C. CHAPMAN. COMBINED CURING AND PARING KNIFE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. s, 1913.

1,095,706. Patented May 5, 1914.

HERMAN G. CHAPMAN, 0F LEAMINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

COMBINED CORING AND PARING KNIFE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1914.

Application filed March 8, 1913. SerialNo. 752,873.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN C. CHAPMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Leamington, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion ofv Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Coring and Paring Knives, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a combined paring and coring knife and has among the objects thereof to provide a knife that while having a curved body portion so as to be adapted for efficient coring, nevertheless provides a straight edge which is so arranged as to permit the knife to be used to pare, without interference from the curved body; further to produce a structure that may be easily and cheaply manufactured and which is so shaped as to be best grasped by the hand of the operator.

The invention resides in the peculiar construction, arrangement and combination of parts as more fully hereinafter described and as particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the knife embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof; and Fig. 3 is a view looking from the side opposite to that of Fig. 2.

A designates the handle of the knife and B the blade. The latter has a ferrule section G for engaging the handle and is provided with a body portion D arranged at one side of the ferrule section and in substantially the same straight line as one side of the han dle. This body portion is laterally curved so that the outer side E thereof is rounding, while the inner face F is concaved. and as will be noted upon reference to the drawing, the curve of the blade body is on substantially the same are as that of the handle. The outer end G of the knife is cut away from the top edge H to the cutting edge I so as to provide a suitable point J, while the cutting edgeas best illustrated in Fig. 3- is at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the handle and the body portion. This not only shapes the blade for best efliciency during coring, but positions the cutting edge in proper relation to the curved body so that the curve of the body will not interfere with the knife being employed for paring.

Since both the handle and outer side of the blade body are smooth and rounding, the hand of the operator may be run down close to'the point and the knife conveniently so held. Also in order to give a better grip upon the knife, particularly when it is used for coring, the end K of the handle is cut on a slant or beveled, forming a bearing for the thumb. The forward edge L of the ferrule is also preferably similarly cut away so as to lie in the plane of the bearing K.

A knife embodying my invention is especially adapted for canning factories where it is necessary for the fruit, vegetables or the like to be both pared and cored. Thus if the ordinary paring knife is used, there is a tendency for the operator to slice out the core, thereby wasting considerable of the fruit or vegetables, but with the construction of knife heretofore described, the core cannot be sliced out since the curved body portion prevents taking a deep cut.

hat I claim as my invention is:

1. A combined coring and paring knife, comprising a handle, a blade secured thereto and having the body portion curved throughout its entire length, said curved body portion being arranged at one side of the longitudinal axis of the handle and provided with a substantially straight paring edge extending the length of the body portion and diverging from its inner end from the longitudinal axis of the handle, the outer end of the blade being slanting to provide a coring point.

2. A combined coring and paring knife comprising a rounding handle, a blade hav ing the body portion curved throughout its entire length, the outer side of the body portion lying in substantially the same plane as one side of the handle, the latter having the forward edge beveled to form a thumb bearing, said body portion being provided with a substantially straight paring edge extending throughout the entire length of the blade and diverging from its inner end from the longitudinal axis of the blade body, the outer end of the blade being slanting to provide a coring point. I

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN O. CHAPMAN.

WVitnesses 7 JAMES P. BARRY,

HENRI E. BOWMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommiss'ioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

